Rann-Thanagar Holy War #1 - DC

This story picks up shortly after the Countdown to Adventure series. The main theme of this book is that Rann and Thanagar are observing a peace that appears to be on a very thin tite-rope. In the Adventure book, Adam Strange, Animal Man and Starfire caused the outbreak of the Lady Styx virus, that nearly drove both their planets insane. Luckily, and with the help of some friends, they figured out how to cure it. However, now a lot of Rannians . . still believe. Adam explains it that they've believed in nothing but science for so long, they need something else to latch on to. At the same time, the Thanagarians are also experiencing a religious revival. They've recently turned away from their fanatical belief in Onimar Synn . . he did almost get them all killed. Instead they've chosen to believe in the Eternal Light Corporation, the ELC. You remember . . that was the religion that was taking over Hardcore Station in the Mystery in Space series. Well alot of this story takes place on Hardcore, and Deacon Dark is back also. It's bad enough that these 2 races are separated by politics, now they're going to be at odds over religious choice also. Obviously most of this story takes place on Rann and Thanagar . . they are the 2 worlds destined to create the next cosmic conflict. At least if you're to believe the title. But, Earth, Hardcore Station and Throneworld are also going to be involved somehow. Earth and Hardcore are a no-brainer. Their involvement is actually inevitable. But I'm not exactly sure how Throneworld fits in to the whole thing. All we really see this issue is that Prince Gavyn, Starman has come home to find that his planet is being decimated by . . . Bizarro. I'm not sure what either of these characters has to do with this conflict, but I'm sure we'll find out. We also have the Omega Men and the Teen Titans thrown into the mix. This issue ends with a suicide bomber taking out Captain Comet . . er, I mean . . Comet. There's a lot of stuff going on, for the first issue. This series is written by Jim Starlin and drawn by Ron Lim. They also did the last 3 issues of Mystery in Space together. I'm expecting a lot out of this series . . especially with these 2 heavy weights involved. I'm interested to see how all these various characters will interact with one-another.